Planter.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

P. OWEN.v PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED APB..14,1906.

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No. 824,576. PATENTBD JUNEHZB, 1906.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..14.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed April 14, 1906. Serial No. 311,729.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, PINKNEY OWEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Boonshill, in the county of Lincoln and State ofTennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a seed-planter attachment for plows orcultivators, the object of the invention being to provide a simple andeffective device of this character which can be readily attached to adouble-shovel plow, cultivator, or like agricultural implement, wherebythe operation of planting seed may be carried out during the work ofplowing or cultivating.

The device is primarily designed for planting millet, peas, and sorghum,but may be employed for planting any similar kind or shape of seed, andprovides a readily-controlled apparatus by which peas may be plantedbetween rows of corn while the latter is being cultivated, millet-seedsowed during the operation of breaking ground, and sorghum and otherseed planted at any time I while the work of plowing or cultivating isbeing carried on.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel construction and combination of p arts hereinafter fully describedand claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of a double-shovel plow equipped with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing parts of the planter inlongitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the plow and planter.Fig. 4 is a section on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on theline 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the seed-chute. Fig. 6 isa cross-section of the same. Fig. 7 is a face view of the beveldrive-gear. Fig. 8 is a detail View of the feed-wheel.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the beam of a plow provided atits rear with standards 2 and 3, disposed one in rear of the plane ofthe other and carrying the shovels 4.

Mounted upon the rear curved surface of the standard 2 is a combinedattaching device and seed-chute curved to conform therewith and com osedof channeled longitudinal sections 5 an 6, cooperating to form achutepassage 7 and a forward seed pocket or cup 8. The sections 5 and 6are connected to each other and secured to the standard by a clip 9 andare further connected by a bolt 10, ex-

tending through companion cars 11 thereon. The bolt 10 projectslaterally to a point in rear of the standard 3 and is connected with oneof the arms of a yoke 12, said yoke being arranged to embrace saidstandard 3 and held in position thereon by a coupling-bolt 13'. By thismeans the combined attaching device and seed-chute is reinforced andsecurely fastened in position.

The section 6 carries an apertured lug 14 for the reception of a pin orbolt 15, forming a pivotal support for the forward end of theplanter-frame, which latter comprises a pair of spaced beams 16 and 17,connected at their front and rear ends by bolts 18 and 19. The frame issupported at its lower end by a covering-wheel 20, revolubly mounted onthe bolt 19 and having fixed thereto a beveled drive-gear 21, inclosedby a protective frame or casing 22, fastened to the beam 16.

Mounted upon the forward end of the planter-frame is a hopper 23,provided in its bottom with a slot for the reception of a feed disk orwheel 24, having a beveled face and formed with one or more seed-pockets25, said wheel being arranged to discharge into the cup 8, from whichthe seed passes through the chute 7 to the ground. A brush 26 orequivalent device is arranged within the hopper to remove any excessamount of seed from the pockets. The feed-disk is fixed to the forwardend of a shaft 27, journaled at its forward end in the rear wall of thehopper and its lower rear end in a sleeve 28, suitably supported uponthe casing 22 and beam 16, and upon the rear end of the shaft is mounted a pinion 29, said pinion being secured to the sleeve, which ismountedfor rotation and sliding movement on the shaft and provided witha collar 30 to limit its downward movement. As the implement movesforward motion is transmitted through the drivegear, pinion, and shaftto rotate the feedwheel 24, thereby successively bringing the pocketsthereof into position to take up seed from the hopper and discharge thesame into the cup 8. A rod 31 is attached at its lower end to the sleeveand extends forwardly between the beams 16 and 17 and is connected atits forward end to an operating device 32, slidably mounted in a slottedbracket-plate 33, fastened to the beam 16 and formed with a suitablehandle 34, whereby it may be manipulated. Through the medium of thisoperating device the rod 31 may be moved forward or backward to throwthe pinion into IOR IIO

and out of engagement with the drive-gear ried thereby,

to start and stop the operation of the planter at will. It will thus beobserved that the planter is adapted for attachment to an ordinary formof double-shovel plow and that the pivotal connection 15 permits theworking parts of the attachment to have sufficient vertical play whenthe wheel 20 rides over lumps and other irregularities of surface toprevent injury to the feed-wheel or any of the other parts of thedevice, and, further, that the apparatus may be applied to and re movedfrom the plow at will.

The appliance may be employed for planting different kinds of seedduring the operation of breaking ground or cultivating plants, as whenthe plow is used for plowing corn, the device in the latter connectionproviding a convenient means whereby peas may be planted between therows of corn and the seeder thrown out of operation in working betweenrows.

As heretofore stated, the apparatus may be employed either duringplowing or cultivating operations for planting millet, peas, and sorghumbut it may also be used in connection with any type of agriculturalimplement for planting other kinds of seed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Adevice of the character described comprising a frame, a ground-wheel forsupporting the rear of the frame, means for pivotally supporting theforward end of the frame upon an implement, said means being providedwith a seed-chute, a hopper upon the frame, a seed-discharge device fordischarging seed therefrom into said chute, and drive mechanism operatedby the wheel for actuating said discharge device.

2. A device of the character described comprising a frame, asupporting-wheel caran attachment for pivotally mounting said frame uponan implement, said attachment having a seed-receiving cup and a chutecommunicating therewith, a seed-discharge device upon the frame, ahopper carried by the frame and having an outlet-passage controlled bysaid discharge device, and drive mechanism operated by the wheel foractuating said discharge device.

3. A device of the character described comprising an attaching memberhaving a seed-chute, a frame pivotally supported at its forward end uponsaid attaching member, a ground-wheel mounted upon the rear end of thefraine, a hopper upon the forward end of the frame, a rotaryseed-discharge device controlling the feed of seed from the hopper tothe chute drive-gearing actuated by the wheel for operating saiddischarge device, and means for throwing said drive-gearing into and outof operation.

4. A device of the character described comprising an attaching memberhaving a seed-chute, a frame pivotally supported at its forward end uponsaid attaching member,

a ground-wheel mounted upon the rear end of the frame and carrying adrive-gear, a hopper upon the forward end of the frame, a rotaryseed-discharge device controlling the feed of seed from the hopper tothe chute, a shaft for operating said seed-discharge device, a pinionslidably mounted on the shaft to be thrown into and out of engagementwith the drive wheel, and means supported by the frame for throwing saidpinion into and out of gear.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PIN KNEY OWEN. Witnesses:

R. C. ERwIN, A. B. WILsoN.

